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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear attends the 2026 Concordia Annual Summit in New York on Sept. 21, 2026. ( John Nacion/Getty Images)

The gospel according to Andy Beshear

Jason Kyle Howard

Kentucky's governor on his new book, the Good Samaritan and why he hasn't ruled out 2028

President Donald Trump waves to the media on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 26, 2026. (https://www.salon.com/topic/donald-trump)

Trump can't trick voters into loving him

Amanda Marcotte

Voters aren’t falling for Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads and phony promises to pay them $5,000

People cast their ballots at a vote center in Los Angeles, on November 4, 2025, where Proposition 50 is the only measure on the ballot in the state’s special election. Californians were voting November 4 in a ballot measure likely to further tilt the liberal state towards the Democrats, as the party seeks to neutralize gerrymandering ordered by President Donald Trump. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN/Getty Images)

WH proposal could hurt disabled voters

Lisa Song - ProPublica

A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget is part of the Trump admin’s broader efforts to restrict voting

Colin Kaepernick discusses his new memoir during a SiriusXM Front Row event with host Karen Hunter in New York on Sept. 10, 2026. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Kaepernick would kneel again

Rann Miller

In "Perilous Fight" Kaepernick doesn’t need permission to stand up for Black people

(L-R) Fox hosts Greg Gutfeld, Brian Kilmeade, Laura Ingraham and Jesse Watters (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Brandon Bell / Roy Rochlin)

Fox tries to cool MAGA anger over AI

Sophia Tesfaye

Gutfeld, Watters, Ingraham and Kilmeade are pushing back as data centers become a midterm issue

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, greets supporters outside the Kittery Trading Post to kick off her reelection campaign bus tour of Maine on Aug. 14, 2026. (CJ Gunther/Getty Images)

Susan Collins no longer Maine's Houdini

Heather Digby Parton

The senator cannot make her role as Donald Trump's enabler disappear

A poster showing a sample mail-in ballot is displayed as U.S. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice on September 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. McCotter announced that an election worker in Utah has been indicted for allegedly throwing away ballots. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Trump's mail-in voting agenda revealed

Jen Fifield, Peter Elkind - ProPublica

ProPublica reveals the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed

Brad Pitt as James Belmont and Uber as Odin in "Heart of the Beast" (Paramount Pictures)

Brad Pitt's comeback act has faltered

Coleman Spilde

"Avengers Endgame: Encore" snapped its fingers to make Pitt's "Heart of the Beast" disappear

Karl Rove speaks on stage during the "Election 2024" panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024 on September 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

GOP has a “Nazi” problem, Karl Rove says

Troy Farah

The conservative political operative said he’s voting for a Democrat

The Beatles, 1965 (Eyles/Daily Herald/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Hear The Beatles becoming The Beatles

Kenneth Womack

The Beatles’ new "Rubber Soul" box set captures the band at a pivotal moment of artistic transformation

Rooney Mara and Kate Mara in "Bucking Fastard" (Gateway to Orkney, New York Film Festival)

Werner Herzog’s lonely hearts club film

Coleman Spilde

This extraordinary sister act says even the closest companions can be starved for love

Dutch ovens (Ashlie Stevens)

For better soups, start in the oven

Ashlie D. Stevens

Roast first, simmer later

Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Sept. 23, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump rolls over for China's panda gift

Andrew O'Hehir

Art of the deal: China gets dominance in AI and renewables, plus global respect. Trump gets a couple cuddle-bears

(Getty Images / Rubberball Productions)

Wife school can’t fix MAGA husbands

Amanda Marcotte

A new wave of Christian influencers claim women can save their marriages with more self-loathing

Flock license plate reader and camera with solar panel against a blue sky, Pleasant Hill, California, April 16, 2026. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Texas unplugs over 900 Flock cameras

Ayden Runnels - The Texas Tribune

Fourteen cities and counties have dropped Flock contracts or cut their number of cameras

Arrests made near RAF Fairford lead to possible a terrorism plot and Iran connections. (David Brown / Getty Images)

5 arrested in UK over Iran terror probe

CK Smith

Investigators are examining a possible Iran connection after suspicious vehicles were stopped near RAF Fairford

Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (right) walks with his wife Katie (2nd from left) and their 3 children on a tour of the Capitol this summer. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

FBI officials demoted amid threat probe

CK Smith

The White House says two agents stifled the investigation, but CNN reports their team found no terrorism center

MLB is considering bringing a special baseball game to the Grand Tetons, building an entire ball park for the event. Conservationists push back as the NPS has strict rules regarding special events in national parks. (Marcia Straub / Gary Yeowell / Getty Images / Salon)

New MLB ballpark could be in Grand Teton

CK Smith

MLB & federal officials are considering Grand Teton for future game, despite strict rules protecting national parks

Oprah Winfrey gestures during a taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at the Sydney Opera House in Australia on Dec. 14, 2010. The episodes aired in January 2011 as part of the show's 25th and final season. (Brendon Thorne / Getty Images)

Oprah is our cultural Oppenheimer

Melanie McFarland

Oprah Winfrey shaped what America reads, buys and believes. Not all of it aged well

The latest person in Trump's orbit to make the late night circuit  — Natalie Harp. Skits on SNL and Jimmy Kimmel have featured Trump's personal aide as overly dedicated to the president. (Disney / Randy Holmes)

"SNL" returns with "Natalie Harp"

CK Smith

The comedy sketch show turned Trump aide Natalie Harp's devotion to the president into a horror-movie gag

Chef decorating a plate (Hispanolistic / Getty Images)

The women reshaping kitchen culture

Francesca Giangiulio

From the Chef's Table Festival, chefs with different styles show there's no one way to lead

Some Republican candidates are starting to move away from their support of President Donald Trump and his agenda (Getty Images)

Republicans are running for the hills

Heather Digby Parton

Ahead of the midterms, voters are livid at Donald Trump — and the GOP is on notice

(Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

Trump TV's intentional brainrot

Alex Galbraith

As the polls get worse for Republicans, Trump offers his base a boob-tube safe space

Donald Trump dons a "Trump 2028" red hat to close out his rambling attack on the press at the WHCA make-up dinner, rescheduled after a shooting at the April event. (Mandel NGAN / Getty Images)

Trump's pardons unlike other presidents

Caren Morrison - The Conversation

Trump’s second-term clemency has saved convicted defendants nearly $1.7 billion in forgiven financial obligations

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